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STREET GAR. No. 315,898. Patented Apr. 14, 1885,.

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ONE-HALF TO JOHN A.

BRILL, OF SAME PLACE.

STREET-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,898, dated April 14,1885.

Application filed July 21, 18 4. (No mode To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Gnonen lVIARTIN BRILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in limmer Cars for Street or Tram Railways, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a broken side elevation ofa poriion of a summer or open streetcar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same; Fig. 3, an elevation of part of the carseat. Fig. 4c is a perspective of my improved panel. Fig. 5 is a sectional front elevation illustrating the bed-post-bolt connection for the panel and seat-frame. Fig. 6 is a detail section showing bolt-connection for the seatarm, frame, and panel. Fig. 7 is aperspective of bracket for the foot-rests or rungs, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation showing a modified construction of panel.

My invention has relation to that form of cars for street or tram railways known as open or summer cars, and of that kind provided with transverse seats,and has particnlar reference to the panels for the ends or sides of the seats, and the manner of securing the panels, seat-arms, and frames to one another, and the panels to the sill-pieces of the car. Heretofore these panels have been made of thin wood or vencering suitably hacked and provided with strengthening ribs or cleats,

and screwed to the side posts and seat-frames. These wooden panels being extremely light and frail soon crack or break, and are susceptible of being readily damaged, besides which, as they do not provide any support for or strengthen the connections of the seat-frame and side posts, the latter have to be made of extra thickness, in order to obtain the requisite strength for supporting the seat-frames, and in many cases bent or curved or other 5 metal braces or bars attached to the side posts are used for supporting the seat-frames.

My invention has for its object to overcome the above-described objections or to provide a summer or open street-car with panels which are notliable to cracks cannot be readily dam- I aged, and which form a support for the seatframe and strengthen the side-post connections, whereby the thickness of said posts may be reduced, and all sustaining braces or bars for the seat-frame are dispensed with.

My invention accordingly consists of the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, having reference particularly to a curved or other appropriately-configured panel made of metal, and provided with inwardly-proj ecting lugs with bolt or screw holes at its bottom and near itstop, and with cups or boxes for sup porting the ends of foot bars or rungs; second, toasummer car having side panels bolted to the 6 sill pieces, and havingsupporting-lugs for the ends of the seat-frame, which is secured to the panels by a bolt-connection known as a bedpost bolt, and, third, to a like car having metal panels supporting the seatframe and 7C) the ends of the foot bars or rungs.

In the drawings, A represents the portion of a summer or open car or its sill-piece and flooring suitable for illustrating my invention, and has or shows atransverse seat-frame, B, 7 5 having arms b, a swinging or turn-over back,

0, side posts, D, and a transverse board or rail, E, mortised in posts D and affording support for bars 6 of the seat B, all of which are arranged, as indicated, in the usual way, and may be of any suitable or desired construction.

F rep resents the side panels, which are made of cast, sheet, or other form of metal, bent or having reversed curvesf f and concave edges f, with upper circular ends, f, in which are 8 5 bolt-openings f At the inside bottom edge, f of the panels are a series of inwardly-projecting lugs or feet,

f, having screw or bolt openings f through which pass screws 1, for fastening the panels to the car-sill pieces.

Upon the inner side of the ends f of the panels, and just below their openings f, are inwardly-proj eoting lugs 5 ,having openings 9, and upon which rest the ends of the seat-frame 9 5 or its rails b, as more plainly shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the rails Z) are bored out, as indicated at I)", and this bore has a transverse cut or recess, 1), in which is inserted a nut, I), held in position in recess b by a plug, 6 (See Fig.

5.) The threaded opening of nut b is in line with its'respective or adjacent panel opening f, so that when the bolts b are passed through openings f t and bores or longitudinal recesses b they will engage with or screw into the nuts b and provide a bed-post, bolt, or screw connection for. fastening the ends f of the panels to the seat-frame or its rails. V

If desired, the panels may have additional openings h, for the passage of screws or bolts h, which connect the panels to posts D to give further support for said parts.

The ends I) of the arms I) rest upon the seatrails b,'and are provided with fastening-bolts Z, which pass through openings in-said rails and through openings 9 in lugs g, and are provided with locking-nuts Z,- or other like devices may be used. If desired, additional wood or other screws, Z, may be employed to fasten the ends I) of said arms, as shown more plainly in Fig. 6.

From the foregoing described construction it will be noted that the panels F are firmly bolted to and have an end support upon the car-sill pieces, that the panels sustain the ends of the seat-fra1nes, and that a secure boltconnection is provided for securing the panels to the seat-frames, as well as to the posts D, if desired, and also that the arms I) have boltconnections with the panels and seat-frames, which give additional fastening security and support for all of said parts. It is evident, therefore, that the use of the metal panels F affords strong and durable end supports for the seat-frames and attached parts, and that said parts may be of a lighter construction than has heretofore been employed in the above-described class of street-cars.

Upon the inside of panels F, and at a suitable distance from edge f, are formed cupsor boxes m, for the reception or support of the ends n-of foot rods or rungs N. These rungs have a middle or other support between their ends in the brackets P, secured to cross-board E, as shown in Fig. 2. The brackets P may be of any suitable construction, but I have shown it split or divided at 10, so as to provide two wings or sides for embracing the edge of the board E, and has circular or other appropriately-shaped cups or bearings p.

' When the panels F are made of cast metal, the'lugs g and f as well as the cups m, are all formed integral, and, if desired, they may have beaded edges, as shown at R, Figs. 1 and 2, or partial beaded edges, as indicated in Fig. 4, for strengthening purposes and beauty of design or finish. When, however, the panels are formed of sheet metal, said lugs and cups are separately made and are riveted or otherwise secured to the panels, as indicated in Fig. 8.

In cases where the foot-rungs N are not of posts D, the frame, the sills, and the metal panels F,connected with said frame, sills, and

posts, substantially as described.

2,. The combination of car -seat frame B,

posts D, panels F, having supporting-lugs g,

and feet or lugs f, and bolt-connections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of posts D, panels F,

seat-frame B, and bed-post-bolt connection,

substantially as shown and described.

4-. The combination of posts D, metal panels F,having lugs g with openings g, and the boltholes f the seat-rails b,having recesses or borings b nuts I), and bolts b substantially as shown and described.

5. In a summer or open car, the combination of posts D, the seat-frame, the sills, and side panels bolted or screwed to the sills and suppo'rt'ingand connected to the ends of the seatframe, and provided with bearings for the foot bars or rungs, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination of posts D, seat-frame B, and panels F, having cups or bearings m,

and foot-bars N, substantially as shown and described. I

7. The combination of posts D, seat-frame B, panels F, having cups or bearings m, footbars N, and brackets P, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination of posts D, seat-frame B, panels F, bolt-connection b and foot-bars N, substantially as shown and described.

9. The combination of posts D, panels F, having lugs g,with openings 9, the seat-frame B,having bolt-connection b, and arms b, having bolt Z, connecting said arms to said frame and lugs,substantiall y as shown and described.

10. An imperforate metal panel for summer.

cars, having lugs f and g, and openings, f substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 11. An imperforate metal panel for cars, having lugsf and g, openings f,and cups or boxes m, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. As anew article of manufacture, a streetcar panel made ofmetal, having lugs-f and g, circular ends f, with openings f beaded edges B, and cups m, all formed integral, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MARTIN BRILL.

Witnesses:

S. J. VAN STAVOREN, UHAs. F. VAN HORN.

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